[Foundation-l] Fwd: Election vote strikes

[phoebe ayers]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Samuel Klein<meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Brian<Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
>> This comment makes my skin crawl. Everyone is entitled to have a voice and
>> it is only the Board's impoverished vision of the community and limited
...
>
> Brian, I like many things you say while ranting, for instance I think
> we need to think about suffrage as something essential to our identity
> as a community, not a quick hack that balances commitment and
> flood-proofing against openness of process. However, a prickly tone
> tends to discourage people from responding to you.
>
> Can you provide some positive examples of what you would like to see
> instead?  Would you prefer to have no requirements for editing or
> contribution, only a requirement that a voter prove they are a real
> and unique snowflak^B^B^B^Bperson?
>
> SJ

FYI to all: There's an on-wiki discussion of what suffrage
requirements should be here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Board_elections/2009/en#Post_mortem

-- phoebe